In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Twin Cities Area
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City